Thursday, September 15, 2011

Apple & Mincemeat pie

We're getting an average of 4 apples a week from FruitFellas, and we're not in the habit of eating that many apples, so what a perfect excuse for baking! Aine McAteer's Apple crumble and her Mincemeat and apple pie have been on the menu over the last few weeks. It's not helping our efforts to keep tummy fat at bay, but there is no butter or sugar in any of her recipes, so it must be good for you, only maple syrup, coconut oil and other healthy ingredients!

A word about FruitFellas - we've been getting our veggies delivered every Friday for the last couple of months now and we're very happy. For €20, we're getting plenty of fruit and vegetables, all the staples like potatoes, onions, carrots, bananas, mushrooms, and also things we would not necessarily buy ourselves, like broccoli, oranges and peppers, but that we end up cooking and enjoying more regularly now. For instance, we now both drink a glass of freshly-pressed orange juice at the weekend, something we rarely did before (You know the way, you buy a net of fresh oranges, you make juice on day one, and then they stare at you for the rest of the week, until you have to throw them out, then you don't buy them for months because you felt bad about the waste. The €20-package from FruitFellas generally only contains 2 or 3 juicy oranges, so they get used straight away)

We're struggling a bit with the 2 pears and 4 apples, but it's the perfect time of the year for those yummy apple pies, so nobody here is complaining. (We've managed to eat it without the addition of custard, so hopefully, our waistlines won't suffer too much!)

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